Just some quick notes on enabling/Disabling stuff in qt

I’m a little to tired to work on this at the moment,  but I had some links that I want to look at

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9506614/how-to-gray-out-a-menu-item-in-qt

http://doc.qt.io/qt-4.8/qtoolbutton.html

ToolBoxWidget::ToolBoxWidget(const QString title, QWidget* pParent ) :
    BaseDockWidget( title, pParent, Qt::Tool )
{
    QFrame* toolGroup = new QFrame();
    setWidget( toolGroup );

    QGridLayout* layout = new QGridLayout();

    pencilButton = newToolButton( QIcon( "://icons/pencil2.png" ), tr( "Pencil Tool <b>(N)</b>: Sketch with pencil" ) );
    selectButton = newToolButton( QIcon( ":icons/select.png" ), tr( "Select Tool <b>(V)</b>: Select an object" ) );
    moveButton = newToolButton( QIcon( ":icons/arrow.png" ), tr( "Move Tool <b>(Q)</b>: Move an object" ) );
    handButton = newToolButton( QIcon( ":icons/hand.png" ), tr( "Hand Tool <b>(H)</b>: Move the canvas" ) );
    penButton = newToolButton( QIcon( ":icons/pen.png" ), tr( "Pen Tool <b>(P)</b>: Sketch with pen" ) );
    eraserButton = newToolButton( QIcon( ":icons/eraser.png" ), tr( "Eraser Tool <b>(E)</b>: Erase" ) );
    polylineButton = newToolButton( QIcon( ":icons/polyline.png" ), tr( "Polyline Tool <b>(Y)</b>: Create line/curves" ) );
    bucketButton = newToolButton( QIcon( ":icons/bucket.png" ), tr( "Paint Bucket Tool <b>(K)</b>: Fill selected area with a color" ) );
    colouringButton = newToolButton( QIcon( ":icons/brush.png" ), tr( "Brush Tool <b>(B)</b>: Paint smooth stroke with a brush" ) );
    eyedropperButton = newToolButton( QIcon( ":icons/eyedropper.png" ), tr( "Eyedropper Tool <b>(I)</b>: Set color from the stage<br><b>[ALT]</b> for instant access" ) );
    clearButton = newToolButton( QIcon( ":icons/clear.png" ), tr( "Clear Frame <b>(Ctrl+D)</b>: Erases content of selected frame" ) );
    smudgeButton = newToolButton( QIcon( ":icons/smudge.png" ), tr( "Smudge Tool <b>(A)</b>:<br>Edit polyline/curves<br>Liquify bitmap pixels<br><b>+[Alt]</b>: Smooth" ) );

    pencilButton->setWhatsThis( tr( "Pencil Tool (N)" ) );
    selectButton->setWhatsThis( tr( "Select Tool (V)" ) );
    moveButton->setWhatsThis( tr( "Move Tool (Q)" ) );
    handButton->setWhatsThis( tr( "Hand Tool (H)" ) );
    penButton->setWhatsThis( tr( "Pen Tool (P)" ) );
    eraserButton->setWhatsThis( tr( "Eraser Tool (E)" ) );
    polylineButton->setWhatsThis( tr( "Polyline Tool (Y)" ) );
    bucketButton->setWhatsThis( tr( "Paint Bucket Tool(K)" ) );
    colouringButton->setWhatsThis( tr( "Brush Tool(B)" ) );
    eyedropperButton->setWhatsThis( tr( "Eyedropper Tool (I)" ) );
    clearButton->setWhatsThis( tr( "Clear Tool" ) );
    smudgeButton->setWhatsThis( tr( "Smudge Tool (A)" ) );

    pencilButton->setCheckable( true );
    penButton->setCheckable( true );
    polylineButton->setCheckable( true );
    bucketButton->setCheckable( true );
    colouringButton->setCheckable( true );
    smudgeButton->setCheckable( true );
    eyedropperButton->setCheckable( true );
    selectButton->setCheckable( true );
    moveButton->setCheckable( true );
    handButton->setCheckable( true );
    eraserButton->setCheckable( true );
    pencilButton->setChecked( true );

    layout->setMargin( 2 );
    layout->setSpacing( 0 );

    layout->addWidget( moveButton, 0, 0 );
    layout->setAlignment( moveButton, Qt::AlignRight );
    layout->addWidget( clearButton, 0, 1 );
    layout->setAlignment( clearButton, Qt::AlignLeft );

    layout->addWidget( selectButton, 1, 0 );
    layout->setAlignment( selectButton, Qt::AlignRight );
    layout->addWidget( colouringButton, 1, 1 );
    layout->setAlignment( colouringButton, Qt::AlignLeft );

    layout->addWidget( polylineButton, 2, 0 );
    layout->setAlignment( polylineButton, Qt::AlignRight );
    layout->addWidget( smudgeButton, 2, 1 );
    layout->setAlignment( smudgeButton, Qt::AlignLeft );

    layout->addWidget( penButton, 3, 0 );
    layout->setAlignment( penButton, Qt::AlignRight );
    layout->addWidget( handButton, 3, 1 );
    layout->setAlignment( handButton, Qt::AlignLeft );

    layout->addWidget( pencilButton, 4, 0 );
    layout->setAlignment( pencilButton, Qt::AlignRight );
    layout->addWidget( bucketButton, 4, 1 );
    layout->setAlignment( bucketButton, Qt::AlignLeft );

    layout->addWidget( eyedropperButton, 5, 0 );
    layout->setAlignment( eyedropperButton, Qt::AlignRight );
    layout->addWidget( eraserButton, 5, 1 );
    layout->setAlignment( eraserButton, Qt::AlignLeft );

    toolGroup->setLayout( layout );
    toolGroup->setMaximumHeight( 6 * 32 + 1 );

    this->setMaximumHeight( 200 );

    connect( pencilButton, &QToolButton::clicked, this, &ToolBoxWidget::pencilOn );
    connect( eraserButton, &QToolButton::clicked, this, &ToolBoxWidget::eraserOn );
    connect( selectButton, &QToolButton::clicked, this, &ToolBoxWidget::selectOn );
    connect( moveButton, &QToolButton::clicked, this, &ToolBoxWidget::moveOn );
    connect( penButton, &QToolButton::clicked, this, &ToolBoxWidget::penOn );
    connect( handButton, &QToolButton::clicked, this, &ToolBoxWidget::handOn );
    connect( polylineButton, &QToolButton::clicked, this, &ToolBoxWidget::polylineOn );
    connect( bucketButton, &QToolButton::clicked, this, &ToolBoxWidget::bucketOn );
    connect( eyedropperButton, &QToolButton::clicked, this, &ToolBoxWidget::eyedropperOn );
    connect( colouringButton, &QToolButton::clicked, this, &ToolBoxWidget::brushOn );
    connect( smudgeButton, &QToolButton::clicked, this, &ToolBoxWidget::smudgeOn );

    // pass to editor
    connect( clearButton, &QToolButton::clicked, this, &ToolBoxWidget::clearButtonClicked );
}